License-tag holder for automobiles and other vehicles.



I). R. MQGAULEY. LICENSE TAG HOLDER FOR AUTOMOBILES AND OTEBR VEHICLES.APPLICATION FILED JAN 1",. 1'112 1,053, 2, Patanted Apr. 15, 1913.

DANIEL R. McCAULEY, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

LICENSE-TAG HOLDER FOR AUTOMOBILES AND OTHER VEHICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatcntedApi-..15, 1913.

Application filed January 17, 1912. Serial No. 671,617.

To all whom 2'15 may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL R. MCCAULEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in License-Tag Holders forAutomobiles and other Vehicles, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements 1n license-tag holders forautomobiles and other vehicles. 4

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and cheap device ofthis character, and one. which may be quickly and. convenientlymanipulated to grip and hold the license-tag against any possibility ofaccidental displacement.

A further object of the invention is to provide a holder which may beconveniently attached to a suitable support on the vehicle, either atthe front or the rear, and one in which the clamping device is soconstructed that it will accomml te two or more tags.

In the drawingsFigure 1 is a face 'view of the holder; Fig. 2 is asimilar view of the holder, showing a modified form of attaching device,whereby said device may be at tached to the radiator of the car. .Fig. 3is a broken top edge view of the holder, showing an aperture thereinwhich adapts it for attachment to a flat lamp bracket, and Fig. 1 is asimilarview showing a. form adapted .for attachment to a round lampbracket.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the main arm of thelicense-tag holder which, in carrying out my invention,

I turn upwardly as indicated at 2 and prowide it with a short standard 3adapted to enter the sleeve of the lamp. I provide an elongated slot inthe arm as indicated at 4,

by which the device is adapted to be attached to the flat lamp bracket,usually found upon automobiles. The arm 1 is bent downwardly at itsopposite end, as indicated at'5, and is provided with laterallyextending arms 6 having lips 7 which overlap the lower edge of the tag.Cast preferably integral with the lower part 6 is a tab 8 having an eye9 therein to receive the hook 10 formed on the lower end of a spiralspring 11 whose upper end is made in the shape of a hook 12 w ich isreceived in an eye 13 in a tab 14, integral with the upper member 15. ofa clamping device. The clamping device 15 is provided with two laterallyextending arms 16, corresponding. to the arms 6 and like the arms fi isprovided with two overhanging lips 17 adapted to embrace or overhang theupper edge of the tag. The fixed section of the clamping device, as wellas the upper or movable section, is provided with a semi-cylindricalseat 18, in which the upper and lower ends of the spiral spring rest.

In the modification shown in Fig. 2, the upper clamping section may beregarded as the fixed section and to this I provide an upwardlyextending arm 19 which is curved backwardly and runs into a semicircularyoke 20 provided at one end with a flange 21 and at the opposite endthis yoke. is bifurcated as indicated at 22, to receive t-he stud 23 ofthe companion piece 24. The piece 24 is provided with a flange-similarto the flange 21 and both flanges are perforated for ally extending arms26, provided with up-' turned lips 27 which overlap the edges of the tagand as in the form shown in Fig. 1,

these sections are provided with t-abs l28 provided with eyes 29 toreceive the ends or hooks of the spring 11.

In the form shown in Fig. 4, Iprovide a round hole 30 which adapts thewhole-device for attachment to a round lamp bracket and in this form abinding-screw 31 may be provided to prevent the device from turning onthe bracket. As in the preferred form, this form of bracket will have apost 32 adapted to receive the lamp.

When it is desired to place a tag in the.

holder, the upper gripping member 1s forced upwardly sufficiently tooverlap the upper edge of the tag, having first been ping member. Thismovement of the upper section is obviously against the influence of thespring 11, which will serve to draw the upper member down withsuflicient force to firmly grip the ta The lips 7 and17 may besufiiciently o -set from the arms G and 16, to provide room for severaltags, lying one upon the other, which is a convenient arrangement whererequired to be displa Having thus descri I claimas new is the lower edgeof the tag ed at a time. ed my invention, what seated in the lower griponly one tag is- 1. A license tag-holder, comprising two: I

gripping members arranged to grip the upper and lower edges of a plateor tag, and having tag-engaging lips, zispiral spring connecting saidmembers, each member being provide-:1 with a vertical extensiom'theextensions formed to provide a smooth backing for the spring, saidspring and extensions forming a backing for the face of the tag, opposedto that engaged by the lips of the gripping members.

2. A license tag-holder, comprising two gripping members provided withtag engaging lips and semieylindrical extensions, a spring connectingsaid members in opern tive positiom'said spring being contained withinthe semicylindrical extensions, so that a smooth backing will beprovided for a.

substantial portion of each end'of the spring,

and a practically continuous backing formed by said spring andextensions for the face of the tag opposed to that engaged by the lipsof the gripping members, and means for attaching the holder to avehicle.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

I DANIEL R MeCAULEY.

Witnesses I TITIAN W. J 01m son, FRANK G. BRENTON.

